{"id":45587,"date":"2024-05-16T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=45587"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:30:55","slug":"sheriffs-office-looking-for-21-year-old-lakeland-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/05\/16\/sheriffs-office-looking-for-21-year-old-lakeland-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff’s Office looking for 21-year-old Lakeland man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office is searching for a Lakeland man who has been missing in North Lakeland since May 7, a sheriff\u2019s spokeswoman confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Ethan Fussell, 21, was last seen in the Driggers Road area near Tom Costine Road north of Lakeland after leaving a friend’s house. He is 5 feet, 7 inches, and about 150 pounds with brown hair and eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sheriff\u2019s Office posted a missing-person notice to its Facebook page on Wednesday. Members of the online crime watch groups say a heavy police presence has been seen in the Driggers Road area and that detectives were going door to door on Mother\u2019s Day to try to find him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked via email if there were any new developments, Carrie Horstman, a media relations administrator for the Sheriff\u2019s Office said, \u201cWe are still seeking tips (anonymous via Crimestoppers or otherwise) on his whereabouts, and nobody has been arrested regarding his disappearance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding the posts on Facebook about a woman\u2019s body and possibly a second body found in the Driggers Road area, Horstman said, \u201cWe did work a death investigation there last week of an adult female and her autopsy is pending toxicology \u2013 her death does not appear to be suspicious. There is nothing on our dispatch screen about a second body found.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sheriff’s Office has not identified the woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Heartland CrimeStoppers at 800-226-TIPS (800-226-8477) or www.heartlandcrimestoppers.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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